Thursday night there is a "new talent" show. The main stuff starts Friday Afternoon. All the distributors are there all day Friday, and many on Thursday evening too as I recall. Thursday evenings and all day Friday are great "hanging out" times - lots of stuff to look at, players to talk with, stuff to buy, etc etc. And I believe there is a Jeff Newman Seminar on Friday, but it may even be Thursday. Bottom line, you would have a blast, even though you wouldn't see all of the formal show. If you could come Thursday and fly home Saturday AM you would probably be glad you came.[This message was edited by Bob Blair on 07 February 2003 at 01:26 PM.]